Systems Engineer (Firmware)

The role

This role closes the gap between software and hardware. You will work on projects including hardware bring-up, designing behavioral logic and controls algorithms, and analyzing robot logs to debug hardware failures.

What you will do

• Bring-up and support for hardware changes
• Update device drivers to interface with new sensors
• Implement tests to ensure new systems work during assembly
• Coordinate robot behaviors to accommodate new systems
• Design and improve behavioral logic and controls algorithms
• Analyze robot logs along with motor and sensor data to debug hardware failures
• Support internal processes with tooling to interface with motors and sensors

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of industry experience or equivalent
• Data structures, control flow, computer systems
• Deep experience with systems programming language(s): C, C++, rust, etc.
• Experience / comfort with scripting / prototyping language(s): python, etc.
• Motors (brushed and brushless DC, drivers, operating principles)
• Controls systems
• Sensors (datasheets, device drivers, data filtering)
• Electrical fundamentals
• Mechanical intuition
• Built things (robots, PCBs, 3D-printing, anything)
• Experience with microcontrollers (STM32, PIC, ESP32, etc.)
• Multi-disciplinary team & leadership experience

Nice to have

• Friendly & approachable personality
• non-combative, selfless, team-first mentality
• Higher-level robotics exposure: computer vision, machine learning, path planning, SLAM

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Access to a 401(k) plan

About the company

Matic is on a mission to recapture lost time by revolutionizing home robotics with a floor cleaning robot. The company is a tight-knit and collaborative team focused on building products customers will cherish.